Fill in the blanks. The product of an odd number and an even number is an _____ number.
AnswerThe numbers $3, 7 , 11$ etc.
are odd numbers and the numbers $8, 10, 12$ etc.
are even numbers. Now observe the following$:3 \times 8 = 24, 3 \times 12 = 36, 7 \times 2 = 14, 7 \times 8 = 56, 11 \times 12 = 132, 11 \times 10 = 110$ etc.
Here, the last digits of $24, 36, 14, 56, 132, 110 ...$ ends with $0, 2, 4$ or $6.$
We know that, the number whose last digits is $0, 2, 4, 6$ or $8$ is an even number.
Thus, $24, 14, 36, 14, 56, 132, 110$ etc. are all even numbers.
Hence, The product of an odd number and an even number is an even number.